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Warfare : the definitive visual history  Cover Image Book Book

Warfare : the definitive visual history / editorial consultant, Saul David.

David, Saul, 1966- (Added Author).

Summary:

Warfare traces the epic 5,000- year story of conflict from the earliest battles to the Syrian Civil War. Exploring the campaigns and causes, the warriors and commanders, and the tactics, weapons, and technology that have shaped warfare worldwide, this is an updated edition of the definitive visual guide to a brutal, intense, and often heroic dimension of the human story.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781465488763
  • ISBN: 1465488766
  • Physical Description: 512 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: Revised and updated new edition.
  • Publisher: New York : DK Pub., 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Previously published as The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare"--Cover.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
War in the ancient world : 3000 BCE-500 CE -- War in the medieval world : 500-1500 -- Early modern warfare : 1500-1750 -- The age of revolution : 1750-1830 -- The dawn of mechanized warfare : 1830-1914 -- Era of the world wars : 1914-1945 -- Conflicts after World War II : 1945-present -- Directory.
Subject: Military history > Pictorial works.
War > History > Pictorial works.
Battles > History > Pictorial works.
Military art and science > History > Pictorial works.
Military history > Chronology.
War > History > Chronology.
Battles > History > Chronology.
Military art and science > History > Chronology.
Genre: Illustrated works.
Chronologies.
History.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Chronologies.

Available copies

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Prince Rupert Library 355.0209 Warf (Text) 33294002082444 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: Warfare traces the epic 5,000- year story of conflict from the earliest battles to the Syrian Civil War. Exploring the campaigns and causes, the warriors and commanders, and the tactics, weapons, and technology that have shaped warfare worldwide, this is an updated edition of the definitive visual guide to a brutal, intense, and often heroic dimension of the human story.

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